I could probably go on and on. Perhaps only inconsistent difficulty is a truly serious issue. In any case DA:O is definitely 'slick' compared to this.
We must be playing a completely diferent game then (DA:O), you know its possible to end DA:O in "hard dificulty", solo, naked and defeat all the major bosses in the game with no potions, right?
And if you call that balanced, i dont realy know what to say more.